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Finding alternative uses for vegetables keeps your taste buds guessing, and boosts your nutrition! Cauliflower contains sulforaphane, which acts as an antioxidant and helps detox your system utilizing enzymes. Cruciferous vegetables are believed to lower risk of cancer due to these beneficial sulforaphanes.

Ricing or mashing cauliflower allows you to mold the flavors you desire while still tasting like a traditional comfort food. Tweak this recipe by adding your own preferences for spice level and ingredients. Enjoy with beef, roast chicken, or baked halibut.

How To Cook:

1. Divide cauliflower into 2-3 sections. Add chopped cauliflower into the food processor one at a time. Pulse until the pieces are the size of rice. Transfer to a large bowl and continue process till it’s all ‘riced’.

2. In a blender, add rinsed beans and chicken stock. Process until smooth.

I began Paula’s HealthyLiving.com to share my passion for staying fit, eating healthy and scheduling rest time. As a 50 year old mother of 3, I understand that it can be difficult to make healthy meals, exercise and carve out time for you, while constantly doing this juggling act called, life!

Kale is a nutritional powerhouse, filled with calcium, and numerous vitamins and minerals.

Servings: 6

Here’s what you need for this awesome casserole:

1 teaspoon olive oil

1 yellow onion, diced

2 garlic cloves, minced

3 cups kale, chopped

dash of salt and pepper

pinch of each, dried: thyme, rosemary, tarragon, and parsley

4 links nitrate-free, chicken sausage, sliced into half moons

1 head cauliflower, cut into small florets

1/2 cup chicken broth

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1 cup fat-free ricotta cheese

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, shredded and divided

Here’s how you prepare this awesome casserole:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Lightly grease a casserole dish with olive oil. Place a large pot of water to boil with a pinch of salt.

In a large skillet, over medium heat, sauté the olive oil, onion, garlic, salt and pepper, dried herbs and chicken sausage. Mix well, and then add kale. Cover for about 3 minutes, until kale gets bright green and wilted. Then remove the cover. Sauté for an additional 3 minutes until everything is tender. Set aside.

Place the cauliflower florets in the pot of boiling water. Boil for 5 minutes, then remove from heat, drain, and return cauliflower to pot.

Add the kale mixture to the pot as well as the chicken broth, lemon juice, ricotta cheese and half of the Parmesan cheese. Mix over medium heat until all has been incorporated.

Transfer to prepared casserole dish. Top with remaining Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil and bake for 15 minutes. Remove foil and bake for an additional 5 minutes.

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When trying to manage your weight and health goals you – as many people do- may try to change the way that you eat. You may decide to stay away from fried restaurant food and processed store-bought food to manage fat, sugar, and salt. But, a coffee shop specialty drink can cost you a pretty penny and end up being a calorie-bomb!

Did You Know?

An 8-ounce cup of plain brewed coffee or espresso coffee contains no fat and only 2 Calories.

A Grande Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha has 520 calories which is the equivalent of 3.7 cans of Coca-Cola.

A Starbucks. Green Tea Latte has 350 calories or the same calories of a medium McDonalds French fry.

Cappuccino and latte coffee both contain large amounts of milk. The most common milk choices are full cream, skim, or soy.

The following shows the Calorie and fat content per 3+ fluid ounces:

Full cream milk contains about 66 Calories and 3.9g of fat.

Skim milk contains about 34 Calories and 0.1g of fat.

Soy milk contains about 35 Calories and 2g of fat.

Most flavoured coffee and gourmet coffees contain coffee syrups in caramel, vanilla, hazelnut, chocolate, or other flavours. Each pump of syrup adds about 20 Calories or a tablespoon is around 50 Calories. Some drinks contain as many as 4 tablespoons (200 Calories). Sugar-free syrups are available and these add no calories or fat to a drink.

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Donna Gelb, a New York food pro shared these recommended recipes for making iced coffee drinks at home where you can control the amount of sugar in them. (ShopSmart.org) Continue reading →